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Monkey Business

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Monkey Business
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NR,1hr 17min
Genre:
Comedy
Release:
1931
Director:
Norman Z. McLeod
Distributor:
Image Entertainment
Starring:
Groucho Marx, Marx Brothers, Harpo Marx  ...more
Synopsis: The first Marx Brothers film to be written directly for the screen (its authors included S. J. Perelman, Arthur Sheekman and Will B. Johnstone), Monkey Business is also the merry Marxes' first Hollywood production. Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo are brilliantly cast as four stowaways on an ocean liner, bound for New York. As our heroes endeavor to elude dimwitted First Mate Gibson (Tom Kennedy), each of the brothers gets involved in an adventure of his own. Groucho finds himself in a menage a trois ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Betzold, AMG Review
Until Monkey Business was filmed in 1931, the fabulous Marx Brothers had made only films adapted from their stage comedies. Noted humorist S. J. Perelman was the leading force among the writers who concocted this zany tale about four stowaways on an ocean liner. The title is a perfect one for a Marx movie even if the film doesn't have anything to do with monkeys. When the brothers are practicing ... Full Review
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